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Field Operations Guide for Safety/Service Patrols

Overview

The primary contributions of safety/service patrols are to reduce traffic congestion, improve travel time reliability, and improve safety on freeway and arterial systems. The intent of the guide is to reinforce procedures and provide reminders for various incident scenarios. The document provides additional guidance on topics that affect travel time reliability, such as: priorities at an accident, temporary traffic control at a traffic incident management areas, traffic crashes, and working with other responders.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Training and Profesional Development
    Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations

Organizational Capability Element

    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Technician
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer

Publishing Organization

FHWA

Maturity Level of Program

Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)

Objective

How-To

Document Downloads

Project Website

Prime Contractor
Delcan and SAIC
Author
John Sparks,
Jesica Shuh, and
Arland T. Smith
Issue Date
Publication Number
FHWA-HOP-10-014